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Jorge
Jorge

Reputation: 221

:before and :after pseudo elements to receive transition effect

I am trying to build a parallelogram background that only appears on hover in a menu item. For the shape, I am using :before and :after pseudo-elements, however I cannot apply the same transition effect on them. Does anyone knows what could I do to solve this problem?

Here is the code until the moment: 

div {
    float:left;   
    background-color:#fff; 
    margin: 20px;
    transition:.5s;
  
}
.testClass {
    margin-top: 0px;
    margin-left: 0px;
    padding: 5px 10px;
    display: block;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background: #fff;
    position: relative;
    transition:.5s;

}
.testClass:hover {
    background: gold;
    transition:.5s;

}
.testClass:hover:before {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    left:-15px;
    width: 0px;
    height: 0px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 0 0 29px 15px;
    border-color: transparent transparent gold transparent;

}
.testClass:hover:after {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    right:-15px;
    width: 0px;
    height: 0px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 30px 15px 0 0;
    border-color: gold transparent transparent transparent;

}
<div >
    <div class="testClass">HOME</div>
    <div class="testClass">ABOUT US</div>
    <div class="testClass">CONTACT</div>
    <div class="testClass">LOGIN</div>
    <div class="testClass">SERVICES</div>
</div>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 405

Answers (1)

Temani Afif
Temani Afif

Reputation: 272590

What about an easier way with only one element to create the shape:

div {
  float: left;
  margin: 20px;
  transition: .5s;
}

.testClass {
  margin-top: 0px;
  margin-left: 0px;
  padding: 5px 10px;
  display: block;
  background: #fff;
  position: relative;
  transition: .5s;
  z-index: 0;
}

.testClass:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  top: 0;
  left: -10px;
  right: -10px;
  bottom: 0;
  opacity: 0;
  background: gold;
  transform: skew(-20deg);
  transition: .5s;
}

.testClass:hover::before {
  opacity: 1;
}
<div>
  <div class="testClass">HOME</div>
  <div class="testClass">ABOUT US</div>
  <div class="testClass">CONTACT</div>
  <div class="testClass">LOGIN</div>
  <div class="testClass">SERVICES</div>
</div>

Upvotes: 3

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